Preschool activities are rich in math and science opportunities. Children learn best through play. This week, they dissected a pumpkin, practiced balancing gourds on the balance scale, explored the principals of sink and float in the water table, mixed two colors (red and yellow) to create a third color (orange), measured pumpkins, and learned about the life cycle and parts of a pumpkin. Vocabulary I introduced included: height, circumference, tall/taller/tallest, big/bigger/biggest, small/medium/large, balance, sink, float, parts of a pumpkin: seeds, pulp, ribs, flesh, skin, and the life cycle of a pumpkin: seed, sprout, vine, flower, pollination, green pumpkin, orange pumpkin, seed.
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